Posts tagged mystery

AUDIOBOOK read by Michael York

I enjoyed Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, so I picked this book up to see if that was an anomaly, or if I enjoy his writing in general.  I’m not sure that I’ve decided that definitively, but I did generally enjoy this book.  I think The Final Solution is targeted to young adults as the mystery is not real complex, but it was a quick read the was entertaining.  The main character in the book is an old retired English detective that helps a refugee boy who has had his parrot stolen.  The detective’s name is never given, but it can be read that he is Sherlock Holmes and I think that Chabon intended this story as a homage to Arthur Conan Doyle’s series.  The audiobook was read and produced well and is only about 3 hours, so a good one to pick up for a short trip.

AUDIOBOOK read by Jayne Entwistle

I don’t remember how I got turned on to Alan Bradley’s first book in this series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, but I enjoyed the book as well as its heroine Flavia de Luce so I was looking forward to the second book.  While not quite as enjoyable as the first book, the second book was just as quick a read (or listen) and thoroughly entertaining.  Flavia de Luce is an 11 year old chemistry whiz living in the 1950s in small town England who continues to find herself in situations that require mystery solving.  While the mysteries are fairly easy to figure out prior to the end of the book, the journey to the conclusion is enjoyable enough to overlook that fact.  I’m not sure if these books are as enjoyable to read, but the audiobook is so well read by Entwistle, that you feel pulled into the story.  I’ve found these books to be fun and look forward to listening to the third in the series.